(JollofNews) – President Buhari of Nigeria was due in The Gambia on Wednesday 11th January 2017 to meet with President Jammeh of The Gambia. The main business of the meeting was to persuade Jammeh to vacate the Presidency and allow President-Elect Barrow’s Inauguration on the 19th of January 2017. President[Read More…]
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Nigerian MPs Consider Asylum Offer For Jammeh
(JollofNews) – Members of the Nigeria’s House of Representatives will today consider a motion whether to grant asylum to President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia. The motion which was introduced under matters of urgent public importance by Sani Zoro, member for Jigawa State and former national president of the Nigerian[Read More…]
Nigeria Pledges To Ensure Gambia’s Jammeh Hands Over Peacefully
(JollofNews) – Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, says his country will do everything possible to help The Gambia have a peaceful resolution to its political crisis. Mr. Onyeama stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja. The minister expressed optimism that the Gambian President[Read More…]